England capable of making it 4-0

With England so far putting their poor recent record against India to bed, the bookies are now predicting an easy series win for England as they look to become the number one side in the world.

With the ICC's current number one side, India, already 2-0 down against England it looks inevitable that England can become the number one ranked side in the world. England need to maintain that lead for the rest of the four match series and many are now predicting a 4-0 series victory for England. Things look all the better for England with the news that both Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh have been ruled out of the remainder of their tour. Anyone whose Cricket Tips involved a comfortable victory for England before the series began will be sitting on some decent prices at the moment.

The odds on a 4-0 series win are now relatively short at 3/1 with most bookies, that is the second most likely outcome currently as the bookies are predicting a 3-0 series win as the most likely outcome, that is available at 9/4. If India are to win a test then the most likely series score is 3-1 according to the bookies at 4/1 with the slightly less successful 2-1 priced up at 2/1. England fans can rest pretty easy with victory looking more or less guaranteed, the only draw that is now possible is 2-2 and that is 18/1 now.

Despite dominating so far, England are quite generous odds to win the Third Test. At the time of writing, England are 6/5 to guarantee that they win the series by at least two tests with a victory here whilst India can be backed at 15/4 to claw one back and give them a realistic hope of gaining a draw. The bookies think that one of the next two tests will end in a draw and the third test is 7/4 to end as a draw which makes that the second most likely outcome here. The third test begins on the 10th August at Edgbaston, Click here for all the latest Cricket Odds and bets.